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Semiconductor memory information storage apparatus and method of controlling writing

a memory information and storage apparatus technology, applied in the direction of memory adressing/allocation/relocation, instruments, computing, etc., can solve the problem of no longer being efficient, and achieve the effect of uniform number of times of writing blocks

Active Publication Date: 2013-01-08
KK TOSHIBA
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[0008]An object of the invention is to provide a semiconductor memory information storage apparatus and a method of controlling writing which allow an unused block to be selected in real time during writing operation of content data, enabling the number of times of writing of blocks to be uniform.

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A method of reading the number of times of writing for all blocks every time data is written and then selecting an unused block with a small number of times of writing as disclosed in patent document 1 is no longer an efficient approach.

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[0020]An embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0021]FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a semiconductor memory information storage apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 1, a storage unit 1 fetches content data temporarily saved in a buffer 2 by write control of a write / erase controller 3, and writes the content data to semiconductor memories 11 to 13. At this point, referring to a block management unit 4, the write / erase controller 3 specifies write blocks in the semiconductor memories 11 to 13 to which content data is to be written. The block management unit 4 holds management information on blocks of the semiconductor memories 11 to 13 in a management information holding unit 41, and manages the blocks by control of the management information by an auxiliary controller 42.

[0022]The storage unit 1 erases content data stored in the semiconductor memories 11 to 13 by eras...

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A semiconductor memory information storage apparatus includes a storage unit using a nonvolatile memory, a write number manager counting each of numbers of times of writing of all blocks, a list manager classifying the blocks in the nonvolatile memory by in-use / unused, managing in an in-use list a block of the in-use, managing in a first unused list a block with the number of times of writing equal to a maximum value, and managing in a second unused list a block with the number of times of writing less than the maximum value, and a controller writing and erasing information data to and from the storage unit.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is a Continuation Application of PCT Application No. PCT / JP2008 / 062422, filed Jul. 9, 2008, which was published under PCT Article 21(2) in Japanese.[0002]This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-184433, filed Jul. 13, 2007, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory information storage apparatus which stores information, such as content data, in a semiconductor memory, and a method of controlling writing for storing information, such as content data, in a semiconductor memory.[0005]2. Description of the Related Art[0006]Some information storage apparatuses which store content data utilize, as their storage media, semiconductor memories which allow data to be written and read in units of blocks. This semiconductor memory h...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F12/00G11C16/10
CPCG06F12/0246G06F2212/7211G06F2212/1032G11C29/72G06F12/16G06F12/02
Inventor SUZUKI, TOSHIO
Owner KK TOSHIBA
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